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<A NAME="knightsofcolumbus">
<B>Knights of Columbus,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fraternal society of Roman Catholic men to increase the religious and civic usefulness of its members and to encourage benevolence. It was founded in 1882. (Abbr:) K.C. </DL>
<A NAME="knightsoflabor">
<B>Knights of Labor,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a secret labor organization formed in 1869 to promote the interests of the workingman. </DL>
<A NAME="knightsofmalta">
<B>Knights of Malta,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the Knights Hospitalers, who ruled on Malta from 1530 to 1798. <DD><B> 2. </B>one of the three highest degrees in the York Rite of Freemasonry. </DL>
<A NAME="knightsofpythias">
<B>Knights of Pythias,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fraternal and benevolent society with secret initiation and rites, founded in 1864 in Washington, D.C. (Abbr:) K.P. </DL>
<A NAME="knightsofrhodes">
<B>Knights of Rhodes,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the Knights Hospitalers, who ruled on Rhodes from 1310 to 1522. </DL>
<A NAME="knightsofstjohnofjerusalem">
<B>Knights of St. John of Jerusalem,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the Knights Hospitalers, whose members originally belonged to a monastery in Jerusalem dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. </DL>
<A NAME="knightsofthemaccabees">
<B>Knights of the Maccabees,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the name of the fraternal society of Maccabees until 1914. </DL>
<A NAME="knighttemplar">
<B>Knight Templar,</B> pl. <B>Knights Templars</B> (for 1;) <B>Knights Templar</B> (for 2.)<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a member of a religious and military order founded in the Middle Ages to protect the Holy Sepulcher and pilgrims to the Holy Land. <DD><B> 2. </B>a member of an order of Masons in the United States. </DL>
<A NAME="knish">
<B>knish, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a pastry made of dough, wrapped around a stuffing of potato, cheese, or liver, and often served as an hors d'oeuvre. </DL>
<A NAME="knit">
<B>knit, </B>verb, <B>knitted</B> or <B>knit,</B> <B>knitting,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to make (cloth or an article of clothing) by looping yarn or thread together with long needles. <BR> <I>Ex. She is knitting a sweater.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to form (cloth or an article of clothing) by machinery which forms loops instead of weaving. <BR> <I>Ex. Jersey is cloth knitted by machine.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to join closely and firmly together; connect intimately. <BR> <I>Ex. David and Jonathan were knit in friendship. Come, knit hands (Milton).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to draw (the brows) closely together in wrinkles. <BR> <I>Ex. She knits her brows when she frowns.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Figurative.) to make or constitute as if by joining parts. <BR> <I>Ex. to knit an agreement or a peace.</I> (SYN) cement. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Archaic.) to tie or fasten by or as if by knotting. <BR> <I>Ex. I knit my handkercher about your brows (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to make an article or fabric by looping yarn or thread together with long needles, or by machinery which forms loops instead of weaving. <BR> <I>Ex. She knits all day.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to be joined closely and firmly; grow together. <BR> <I>Ex. The doctor set my arm so that the broken bone knit in a clean join.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to become compact, firm, or strong by close consolidation of parts; become consolidated. <BR> <I>Ex. Young men, when they knit and shape perfectly, do seldom grow to a further stature (Francis Bacon).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(of the brows) to draw together in wrinkles. <BR> <I>Ex. with downcast eyes and knitting brow (Byron).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the act or process of knitting. <DD><B> 2. </B>a style of knitting. <DD><B> 3. </B>knitted work. noun <B>knitter.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="knitgoods">
<B>knitgoods, </B>noun. <B>=knitwear.</B></DL>
<A NAME="knitting">
<B>knitting, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>knitted work. <BR> <I>Ex. Her knitting was on the table.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the act or occupation of a person who knits. </DL>
<A NAME="knittingmachine">
<B>knitting machine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a machine designed to make various kinds of knitted fabrics. </DL>
<A NAME="knittingneedle">
<B>knitting needle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> one of a pair of long needles used in knitting by hand. </DL>
<A NAME="knitwear">
<B>knitwear, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> clothing made of knitted fabric. </DL>
<A NAME="knives">
<B>knives, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> plural of <B>knife.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="knob">
<B>knob, </B>noun, verb, <B>knobbed,</B> <B>knobbing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a rounded lump or mass. <BR> <I>Ex. A little knob of a nose (Robert Bridges).</I> (SYN) knot, protuberance. <DD><B> 2. </B>a rounded part that sticks out. <BR> <I>Ex. the knob of a door, the knob of a drawer, the knob of an umbrella, the knob on the dial of a television set.</I> <DD><B> 3a. </B>an isolated, rounded hill or mountain. <DD><B> b. </B>any hill. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Architecture.) an ornamental boss, as of carved work. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Slang.) the head. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to furnish with a knob or knobs. <DD><B> 2. </B>to free from knobs. <DD><B> 3. </B>to knap (stone in a quarry). <BR><I>expr. <B>with knobs on,</B> </I>(Slang.) in a noteworthy manner; to a remarkable degree. <BR> <I>Ex. Mr. de Vries is a witty writer with knobs on (Observer).</I> adj. <B>knoblike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="knobbed">
<B>knobbed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a knob or knobs. </DL>
<A NAME="knobbiness">
<B>knobbiness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality of being knobby. </DL>
<A NAME="knobble">
<B>knobble, </B>verb, <B>-bled,</B> <B>-bling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to remove (knobs) from quarried stone. <DD><I>noun </I> a small knob. </DL>
<A NAME="knobbled">
<B>knobbled, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=knobby.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>knotty; difficult; rough. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the Great Siege--the most dramatic single episode in Gibraltar's knobbled past (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="knobbly">
<B>knobbly, </B>adjective. <B>=knobby.</B></DL>
<A NAME="knobby">
<B>knobby, </B>adjective, <B>-bier,</B> <B>-biest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>covered with knobs. <DD><B> 2. </B>rounded like a knob. </DL>
<A NAME="knobconepine">
<B>knobcone pine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small pine found on the west coast of the United States. It releases its seeds only when the tree burns or dies. </DL>
<A NAME="knobkerrie">
<B>knobkerrie</B> or <B>knobkerry, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a short wooden club with a knob at the end, used for striking or throwing by tribesmen in South Africa; kerrie. </DL>
